Are you the owner of the monkey spotted at Ikea — or do you know who this person is? If so, we would like to hear from you. Call the Toronto Sun city desk at 416-947-2211 or email us at torsun.citydesk@sunmedia.ca

What a monkey was seeing or doing Sunday at a North York Ikea store remains a mystery.

But when shoppers at the sprawling store, near Leslie St. and Sheppard Ave. E., spotted the well-dressed primate just before 4 p.m., they were left scratching their heads.

“As far as the police point of view, we’re not investigating it any further,” said Toronto Police Staff-Sgt. Ed Dzingala said.

City spokesman Steve Johnston said that the monkey’s owners were charged and fined $240 for having a prohibited animal in the city. A bylaw prohibits people from keeping monkeys as pets.

Soon after the sighting, Twitter was inundated with posts marked #Ikea and #Monkey.

Even a couple of parody accounts popped up, including @IkeaMonkey, which was quickly activated by Eric Cardofo, 20, of Guelph.

“I just set it up because that’s how the Internet works,” he said, adding he was surprised there weren’t more parody accounts.

“I thought it was the cutest thing in the world,” he added. “I just couldn’t believe it.”

An Ikea spokesman was not available for comment.

We want your best caption of this photo of the little guy, taken by shopper Lisa Lin.
Email your captions to ikeamonkey@scribblelive.com or tweet them with the hashtag #TOSunMonkey. Then, surf over to torontosun.com/monkey to see what others have come up with.